WINTER SPORTS -- The Spokane Downtown Library's Northwest Room is featuring a timely display celebrating winter in the Northwest, including a lot of snowy outdoor recreation. Winter weather conditions have long created both challenges and opportunities for Northwest residents. The late nineteenth and early twentieth…
WILDLIFE -- This video might hurt your feelings if you couldn't find an elk during the hunting season. But it will at least give you hope. According to the Idaho Fish and Game Department, Josh Hoisington was heading home from a fishing trip this fall…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Bald eagles generally seem to be at peace with each other as they congregate each winter to feast on spawning kokanee at Lake Coeur d’Alene’s Wolf Lodge Bay. But for some unclear reason, a group of eagles ganged up on another adult…
CONSERVATION -- Aldo Leopold, widely recognized as the father of professional wildlife management, was born Rand Aldo Leopold in Burlington, Iowa, 125 years ago this month. His ideas remain as relevant today as they were in his own time. Leopold's legacy involves his idea of…
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- A state wildlife official says an investigation has failed to find clear evidence that a dog died in an attack by wolves last week in northern Idaho, according to wire reports. Idaho Fish and Game official Josh Stanley says he could find…
FISHING -- For the third straight year, fish and wildlife directors from Washington and Oregon have agreed to reduce the catch of white sturgeon on the lower Columbia River, where the species has declined in abundance in recent years. The total allowable harvest of white…
OUTDOOR RECREATION -- The Spokane Parks & Recreation Department's Outdoors Program is looking for outdoors lovers who would make good outdoor trip assistants for the great outings featured in the Outdoor program guide. The main benefit: Cool group outdoor trips at no cost. Here's the…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- The Idaho Fish and Game Commission will hear an annual report from Fish and Game Director Virgil Moore and meet with state lawmakers when the commisson meets Jan. 25-26 in Boise. Routine items on the Fish and Game Commission's agenda include setting…
PUBLIC LANDS -- This year’s Academy Awards holds special interest for the Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wildlife Refuge System. Some critics are listing “Meeks Cutoff,” with scenes from Malheur National Wildlife Refugein Oregon, as a possible Oscar contender. “Meeks Cutoff,” starring Michelle Williams, Bruce…
HUNTING -- The dog is fed and sleeping like a bear in winter. Wife is concerned about dog's scrapes and cactus spines in foot, but doesn't notice her husband's bloody elbow and slight limp. Browning Citori cleaned, oiled. Hunting clothes are in the laundry hamper.…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Birdwatcher/photographer Ron Dexter, who lives north of Spokane, snapped this sweet image of the northern hawk owl that's been catching a lot of attention in the Spokane area for the past two weeks. The bird has been hunting mice and voles along…
HUNTING -- The application period for spring black bear controlled hunts opened Sunday and continues through Feb. 15. The spring turkey controlled hunt application period opens Feb. 1 and runs to March 1. Spring turkey and spring black bear seasons start April 15 – some…
TRAPPING -- I believe Washington's approval of a 1995 citizen's initiative that bans lethal traps would prohibit this method of filling your freezer with venison. Just sayin'.
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Wildlife photographer Sandy Milliken of Post Falls isn't missing the opportunity to capture images from this season's snowy owl irruption. With her radar out for the best opportunities, she recently traveled to Boundary Bay just south of Vancouver, British Columbia, to capture…
OUTDOOR ACTION SPORTS -- Here's a cool collection of ultr- action outdoor video clips -- some you may have seen in Banff Film Fest features, but plenty from other sources, too. Get it out of your system by viewing this video. If it leaves you…
HUNTING -- The luxury of targeting ”any elk” during general hunting seasons in portions of northeastern Washington would end under a proposed plan to boost numbers of elk in Okanogan, Ferry and Stevens counties. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has set three meetings,…
WINTER SPORTS -- Click below to see the weekly advisory released this morning from the Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center:
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- The Shoshone County sheriff says two dogs were attacked by four wolves near Wallace. Sheriff Mitch Alexander told The Shoshone News Press that one dog died and another sustained a facial bite in the attack Wednesday evening, and that there were many…
FISHING -- Drier- and warmer-than-average weather is providing plenty of good fishing opportunities in Idaho this winter, Idaho Fish and Game officials say. There’s ice-fishing in many parts of the state, but most rivers and streams are open year round, and the lack of snow…
NATIONAL PARKS -- Glacier National Park's attendance declined 15.7 percent last year after a record number of visitors were logged during the park’s centennial celebration in 2010. The National Park Service says 1.85 million people entered the park in 2011, compared to 2.2 million the…
SHOOTING -- A bill to protect shooting ranges from civil liability and noise pollution lawsuits, House Bill 1508, has been introduced in the Washington Legislature by state Representatives Dean Takko (D-19), Tim Probst (D-17), and Kevin Van De Wege (D-24). "Shooting ranges are critical to…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- The continuing controversy over the appointment of Jay Kehne to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission indicates there's no tolerance for straying from the Republican reservation in the northeastern corner of the state. The Okanogan County Republican Party has asked County Commissioner…
CLIMATE CHANGE — In the first comprehensive study of its kind, a Portland State University study has found Mount Adams' 12 glaciers have shrunk by nearly half since 1904 and are receding faster than those of nearby sister volcanoes Mount Hood and Mount Rainier. Mount…
"Reverb" Trailer from RT on Vimeo. FISHING -- The annual Fly Fishing Film Tour has been scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Bing Crosby Theater in Spokane. The show will be returning to the Inland Northwest on April 20 in Sandpoint. The tour…
WILDLIFE -- Spokane wildlife photographer Tom Munson hunted the West Plains with his camera Monday and used a big lens and stacks of tele-converters to bag a very long distance image of a northern hawk owl. The critter from boreal forests has sent Spokane birders…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
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